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Featured Analysis

Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

New Atlanticist Aug 11, 2025

The US-EU trade agreement is not set in stone. This presents pitfalls and opportunities.

By Charles Lichfield

The trade and tariff deal recently struck in Scotland has several important elements that are yet to be determined.
Economy & Business European Union
Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

New Atlanticist Aug 4, 2025

Trump’s review of US membership in the IMF offers a rare chance for reform

By Martin Mühleisen

The institution needs its major shareholders aligned to tackle new challenges, and it deserves a management team qualified to lead it on this new path.
Economy & Business International Financial Institutions
Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

New Atlanticist Aug 1, 2025

How Donald Trump remade global trade

By Josh Lipsky

The US president has smashed the system, but the speed and scale of the smashing owes to a system that had been growing increasingly brittle for years. 
Economy & Business Macroeconomics
Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

Econographics Jul 31, 2025

Beijing extends and pretends to deal with its mountain of local government debt

By Jeremy Mark

Beijing’s three-year local debt restructuring plan fails to actually address the trillions of dollars weighing on local governments and will only cause greater problems down the road.
China Economy & Business
Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

Econographics Aug 22, 2025

Trump’s challenges to the Fed’s independence loom over Jackson Hole Symposium

By Alisha Chhangani

As Trump tests the limits of what he can do, the credibility of the Fed—and by extension, global financial stability—is increasingly at risk.
Economy & Business Macroeconomics
Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

New Atlanticist Jul 17, 2025

What Ancient Greece can teach the United States about defending against cyber attacks

By Carole House

Applying lessons from the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC to present-day cyber warfare is surprisingly instructive.
Cybersecurity Iran

In-Depth Research

Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

Issue Brief Jun 6, 2025

How Japanese economic statecraft has shifted from promotion to protection

By Charles Lichfield

Japan is in a geopolitically challenging neighborhood and is witnessing the basic tenets of its foreign policy—from alignment with the United States to fostering a rules-based environment—come under unprecedented stress.
East Asia Economy & Business
Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

Issue Brief Apr 28, 2025

Modernizing the tools of economic statecraft to meet the challenges of today

By Lesley Chavkin, Eitan Danon, Kimberly Donovan, Andrew Gallucci, and Caroline Hill

As the current administration revisits the functions and mechanics of government, near-term steps can be taken, under existing statutory authorities, to modernize how the United States uses its economic strength to combat national security threats and promote American interests.
Economy & Business Financial Crimes & Illicit Trade
Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

Issue Brief Mar 3, 2025

Financing the future: Unlocking private capital for global infrastructure and climate goals

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou, Nisha Narayanan, Hung Tran

MDBs and international financial institutions alone cannot bridge the climate and development financing gaps.
Economy & Business Financial Regulation

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Econographics

Feb 20, 2026

To bridge the transatlantic productivity divide, Europe needs structural reforms—and AI

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert">Hung Tran</span>

Policymakers and investors should actively incentivize laggard firms to adopt productivity-enhancing practices and technologies.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
ACFP-Trade-feature

Podcast

Feb 19, 2026

Inside the Trump trade strategy with USTR’s Jamieson Greer

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert" >the Atlantic Council</span>

An AC Front Page conversation with Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy
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Podcast

Feb 19, 2026

2026 Predictions: Washington vs. Wall Street

By <span class="gta-embed–tax–expert gta-post-embed–tax–expert" >the GeoEconomics Center</span>

Josh Lipsky and Sophia Busch test the GeoEconomics Center’s predictions for the 2026 global economy with Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius.

Economy & Business
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Content

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Ullman in UPI: Are you safer or more secure than three years ago?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Harlan Ullman</span>

Conflict Defense Technologies

Issue Brief

Oct 16, 2019

New risks to global financial stability

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Hung Tran</span>

In “New Risks to Global Financial Stability” author Hung Tran, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Business & Economics program, assesses the global financial system weaknesses and outlines steps to promote financial stability.

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

Issue Brief

Oct 16, 2019

New risks to global financial stability

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Hung Tran</span>

In “New Risks to Global Financial Stability” author Hung Tran, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Business & Economics program, assesses the global financial system weaknesses and outlines steps to promote financial stability.

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

In the News

Oct 16, 2019

Haddad joins Bloomberg’s “What’d you miss?” to discuss UK and EU defense, Brexit deal

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Defense Policy Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Oct 16, 2019

Servant of the people or servant of the oligarchs?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Diane Francis</span>

The president’s response is appropriate in a country with an operating rule of law. But in Ukraine, with an unreformed judiciary, this is a complete cop out.

Financial Regulation Fiscal and Structural Reform

In the News

Oct 15, 2019

Okumuş in Al-Monitor: Gas trade: Stand-alone win-win for US-Turkey relations

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council</span>

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Oct 15, 2019

Trump vs Erdoğan: It’s hard to bluff when your cards are on the table

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Brian O'Toole</span>

It is hard to take seriously threats by the US government to ruin the Turkish economy when Trump himself gave this green light in the first place. Under such circumstances, sanctions have almost no chance of succeeding in putting this genie back in the bottle.

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Syria

In the News

Oct 14, 2019

O’Toole quoted in Foreign Policy on Turkey sanctions

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Atlantic Council </span>

Economy & Business Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion
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Issue Brief

Oct 14, 2019

The value of the US nuclear power complex to US national security

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Dr. Robert F. Ichord, Jr. and Bart Oosterveld</span>

Based on conservative estimates of the value it provides due to human capital, dependability of the energy supply, vibrancy of the supply chain, and contributions to green power—the civilian nuclear energy industry contributes at least $42.4 billion annually to the pursuit of US national security priorities.

Economy & Business National Security
nuclear submarine and military members

Issue Brief

Oct 14, 2019

The value of the US nuclear power complex to US national security

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Dr. Robert F. Ichord, Jr., Bart Oosterveld</span>

Based on conservative estimates of the value it provides due to human capital, dependability of the energy supply, vibrancy of the supply chain, and contributions to green power—the civilian nuclear energy industry contributes at least $42.4 billion annually to the pursuit of US national security priorities.

Economy & Business National Security
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Experts

Fellow

Zeena Nisar

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

Central Asia China
Nanjala Nyabola

Fellow

Nanjala Nyabola

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Africa Digital Policy

Fellow

Brian O’Toole

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Cuba Economy & Business

Fellow

Sarah Oh

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Crisis Management Digital Policy

Fellow

Geoffrey Okamoto

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoEconomics Center

Americas Economy & Business

Fellow

Antonio Ortiz-Mena

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Economy & Business English
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Events

Public Event Tue, February 24, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

Unlocking new opportunities in US-Guatemala trade and investment
Americas Central America Economy & Business Latin America
Public Event Wed, March 4, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

EXIM Bank Chairman John Jovanovic on US priorities for global competitiveness

AN AC FRONT PAGE EVENT—John Jovanovic, president and chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, discusses EXIM’s role in supporting US manufacturing, strengthening supply chains, and recalibrating trade.
Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia Geopolitics & Energy Security Trade and tariffs
Flagship Event Fri, December 11, 2026 • 8:30 am ET

2026 Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

The Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics is an annual flagship convening focused on issues at the nexus of economics, finance, foreign policy, and national security.
Digital Policy Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia European Union